Here, let's consider the first paragraph(s) of the FIDE rules:
www.fide.com/fide/handbook.html?id=208&view=article
INTRODUCTION
FIDE Laws of Chess cover over-the-board play. The Laws of Chess have two parts: 1. Basic Rules of Play and 2. Competition Rules.
The English text is the authentic version of the Laws of Chess (which were adopted at the 88th FIDE Congress at Goynuk, Antalya, Turkey) coming into force on 1 January 2018.
In these Laws the words ‘he’, ‘him’, and ‘his’ shall be considered to include ‘she’ and ‘her’.
Already there is a problem (and we haven't even gotten to FIDE rule#1), in that people must be either male or female. Some cultures have more than two genders, but Lichess will not judge players by their gender as FIDE does:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender
www.fide.com/fide/handbook.html?id=208&view=article
INTRODUCTION
FIDE Laws of Chess cover over-the-board play. The Laws of Chess have two parts: 1. Basic Rules of Play and 2. Competition Rules.
The English text is the authentic version of the Laws of Chess (which were adopted at the 88th FIDE Congress at Goynuk, Antalya, Turkey) coming into force on 1 January 2018.
In these Laws the words ‘he’, ‘him’, and ‘his’ shall be considered to include ‘she’ and ‘her’.
Already there is a problem (and we haven't even gotten to FIDE rule#1), in that people must be either male or female. Some cultures have more than two genders, but Lichess will not judge players by their gender as FIDE does:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender
